Columbia Books

The thought and care that went into this book and DVD is phenomenal. I can't wait to use it with my students.

Short and sweet: This is a must read for anyone with an interest in the biomechanics and design of organisms. Wainwright is an excellent theorist with an incredible ability to explain these very complex topics and ideas. His theories are easily digestible even to the lay-scientist.

B Street: The Notorious Playground of Coulee Dam captures an up-close, in-focus glimpse of American history in the making during the era of the Great Depression and beyond. During these difficult times, B Street was a place of recreation for white workingmen, particularly those who labored on the Coulee Dam; filled with shops, restaurants, and brothels, B Street was off-limits to blacks and most dark-skinned individuals, including Indians. Opening with the eyes and memories of author Lawney L. Reyes, a young boy who wandered B Street with his little sister Luana and their dog Pickles while their Indian mother and Filipino father survived hand-to-mouth running a Chinese restaurant, B Street continues through preservations of Reyes' mother's diary, enhanced with stories told by his parents and other members of the Sin-Aikst tribe. B Street is ultimately a profound testimony to the history and culture of the Indians whose way of life was overwhelmed with change through the creation of the Grand Coulee Dam. Highly recommended, especially for Native American reading lists.

The Adlers use a qualitative research study w/Peter becoming a participant observer to study the socialization of college athletes and the social psychology of the self. I believe this piece of research is valid research. It saddened me to read what our materialistic world is doing to the young individuals that are recruited for college basketball. It also proved to me that college basketball is about big business, and not really a sport. Unfortunately, it continues today and not only in basketball. Thank you Patricia and Peter for opening our eyes. Anyone interested in knowing the real truth about college athletics should consider reading this book.

I used this book when researching my thesis on columnaris and adhesion. It is very important, especially for freshwater aquaculturists, to get this book and learn more about columnaris. It strikes salmonids as well as channel catfish in the southeast. It hits all life stages, sizes, weights. And there is still so much to know... But this book is an informative place to start.

Ambaras's painstakingly researched and exceptionally well-written "Bad Youth" provides a highly informative and often intriguing account of the culture of juvenile delinquency in Japan from early modern times. Detailed descriptions of youthful deviance and authoritative countermeasures are skillfully interwoven with the stories of individuals to create a masterful tapestry of the "feverish public discourse" on delinquency that arose as Japan ascended to world power status.

In addition to presenting a historical account of delinquency, Ambaras builds an impressive argument for the continued influence of pre-war and wartime pedagogy on more recent policies towards youth. The far-reaching implications of these policies in the post-war economic and social spheres are sure to impress the reader.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of juvenile delinquency or the development of the modern Japanese nation. The depth of research and style of presentation combine to form a surprisingly thought-provoking (and entertaining) work.

Today, it is rare to find an academic work that attempts to fit into more than one narrow field. The book by Scully (a classmate of mine years ago) is valuable to those interested gender studies, US-East Asian relations, and more traditional diplomatic history. She examines how Americans living in China's treaty ports, including prostitutes, merchants, and criminals, sought to take advantage of their citizenship and the privileges it offered under the unequal treaties. In fact, the actions of some Americans in China so worried the diplomatic establishment that officials attempted to "rein in" their own citizens, or even remove them from China. Overall, this is book proves that U.S. diplomatic history means more than the actions of Secretaries of State and ambassadors.

I have been doing and teaching Bargello for many years and I like this booklet the very best as a book of patterns, especially for the beginner. It has a good variety of degree of difficulty and styles of pattern. I am sorry this book is out of print as I haven't found a good replacement.

An awesome tool for the walker or runner. The journal is divided into 2- 13 week sections, and includes both a running and walking schedules as well as a walk-run combo. Highly recommended.

When I read a novel so beautiful, I have a hard time writing a critique, maybe because I won't do it justic. One of the things that has amazed me the most is that, if I calculate it correctly, Carmen Martín Gaite was only 22 when she wrote the book. When I was 22 I was in limbo land. Her observation skills are incredible.

I am not sure that the story would sound flippant to some readers. Spain was like this in the post war years. Some scenes are so full of truth that they are scary. An example is when Ángel takes Gertru to a party, and he is holding her by the neck (why not put a bridle on while he's at it?). Another scene is when Gertru tells Ángel she would like to finish high school, and he replies that to marry him she does not need geometry or anything else. The Spanish macho, in all his splendor.

More scary scenes: the repressive aunt, fighting with her nieces who want to go to a party, "like crazy goats". The dialog between Concha and Mercedes is precious. I am sure lots of people would be surprised to read about women almost in their thirties having to put up with such humiliations, but unfortunately CMG was writing about reality, pure and simple. This novel helps you understand what was happening at the time and the repercussions in years to come. The Gertrus and Julias made sure their daughters had an education, so that they did not have to put up with stupidity from anyone, so that they did not have to go from the parents' dictatorship to the husband's dictatorship, so that they were free to do whatever they wanted. In the distance it sounds weird, but it is the Spanish postwar reality.

One of the things that disappointed me a bit was that there are some characters underutilized, like Goyita and Manolo Torre. It is strange, because Goyita appears in one of the first scenes, but later on she barely shows. Natalia is who starts the book, and although she is in the background for a good part of the action, at the end she appears and carries a good chunk of the story. When CMG wrote this book, she probably did not have an editor checking every comma and every period. In any case, I still marvel at the deep perception and accurate dialogs in this brilliant novel.